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(Money Manager) - American Real Estate Investment Corp: This Company specializes in acquiring apartments and other residential properties; it operates as a Real Estate Investment Trust which means that it does not have to pay income taxes on a large portion of its profits, as it goes straight to the share holders every quarter. This company is based on the East Coast but was founded in Denver Colorado, this company was first a private company and then it later went public. REIT’s where the investment of choice in the 1980’s and 1990’s and became a risky business as 2000 approached, many stock holders and investors put their money elsewhere, in safer investments when the real estate market crashed.

(Money Manager) - Angeles Mortgage Investment Trust: This was a Mortgage Investment trust that invested in mortgages and equities. Angeles Mortgage Investment Trust started trading on the American stock exchange in 1989, and in 1997 the company had loans and real estate totalling $43 million dollars US. Making them one of the larger mortgage investors at that time.

(Money Manager) - Asset Investors Corp: This is a Real Estate Investment Trust that specializes in prefabricated homes and communities, as well as mobile homes and its communities. It was a fairly new company when it decided to merge with Commercial Assists INC in 2000.

(Money Manager) - Arizona Land Income Corp: This is a company that made its name by buying real estate in Arizona and in the western United States. The company was a public one, traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Unfortunately the company was doing quite poorly and in 2005 and a share in the company stock was only worth $0.04. Although through higher interest rates and the selling of some real estate assets the same share was worth $.10 in 2006, shares in Arizona Land Income Corporation continued to fall throughout the remainder or 2006 and 2007, making it into a penny stock.

(Money Manager) - JDN Realty Corp: This Real Estate Investment Trust is based in retail properties and management. This company buys and manages properties that deal in retail sales. As of 2001 the company owned 101 retail shopping centers spread over 20 states, but most of the properties were based in Georgia and the South East part of the Country.

(Money Manager) - Franchise Finance Corp of America: This real estate company was established in 1980, and quickly became a well-known player in the franchise finance and the real estate market. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona USA, the company was a single tenant property finance corporation. Meaning that they leased or mortgaged out their real estate properties or commercial buildings to franchises in the food, parts and convenience store industries, creating a huge brand for themselves in the process.